Rewilding & Reconnecting 🌿✨

Transforming our streets into greener, friendlier places to live.

About the Initiative

The Rewilding & Reconnecting (R&R) Initiative is all about creating vibrant green spaces that bring people and nature closer together. By rewilding verges across our neighbourhood, we’re making our streets cooler, calmer, and more connected.

From January to June 2025, R&R rewilded five verges along Brisbane Street, Chatsworth Road, and Lindsay Street. Together with local volunteers, we planted over 60 native plants and two trees, introduced street calming elements, and installed welcoming seating areas—spaces where neighbours can pause, recharge, and reconnect.

Why It Matters

• 🌱 Sustainability: Native planting supports biodiversity and a healthier urban environment.

• 🚶 Safer Streets: Calmer traffic makes it easier and safer for everyone to move through the neighbourhood.

• 🤝 Community Connection: Green and inviting spaces bring neighbours together.

Our Partners

This initiative was made possible with the support of the City of Vincent, who not only provided access to their Adopt a Verge program, but also fund Northbridge Common each year through their Community Grant Program.

What’s Next

This is just the beginning! Thanks to a Streets Alive Grant from Town Team Movement, Phase Two of R&R is on the way. We’re hopeful to be working closely with Highgate Primary School and the P&C to explore road safety issues for children commuting to school. Together, we’ll rewild six more verges along Lincoln Street and raise awareness around traffic calming and safer streets.

Get Involved

Want to be part of the change? Keep an eye out for upcoming opportunities to help plant, design, or share your ideas. Together, we can make our streets bloom and build a neighbourhood where people and nature thrive.